0 past simple and past participle of convoy
1 to travel with a vehicle or group of people to make certain that they arrive safely:
In many of the islands they were better off and better convoyed in the old days before there was transport.
It was published that these men-of-war would not tolerate any examination of the convoyed ship; they naturally would not tolerate any examination of themselves.
It is obvious that convoy commandants would not tolerate any examination of the convoyed ships.
It is impossible to apply the convoy system while many of the ships to be convoyed are still on the high seas.
What is the speed of the vessels which are to be convoyed?
It is just this, that convoyed ships are not at present possible.
The merchant ships were not the convoys but were convoyed.
Are we to take it that the figures lead us to the conclusion that of the number of ships convoyed the percentage mentioned, between 1 and 2, has been sunk?
